[caption id="attachment_111" align="alignright" width="280" caption="De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout"][/caption] World's Oldest Running Motor Car 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout, sold on Oct. 7 for more than double its estimated price--a cool $4.62 million. That includes a 10 percent buyer's premium. The 127-year-old vehicle drew a standing ovation from the crowd, according to RM Auctions, which presided over the sale. Bidding started at $500,000 before immediately jumping to $1 million, which brought another round of applause. The final price represents a new world record for an early motor car sold at auction, according to RM.
[caption id="attachment_106" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="Car Made of Gold"][/caption] India's Tata Group on Monday unveiled a Nano car - made with gold and silver, and studded with precious stones - worth an astronomical over Rs 22 crore. But, it's not for sale - the valuable and fully functional car is a unique branding and promotional initiative by Goldplus Jewellery, part of Titan Industries, a Tata Group company, an official said. The mega-value Goldplus Nano Car was unveiled on Monday evening by Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata. The Goldplus Nano Car pales the average Rs.1.40 lakh Nano, which started with a Rs.1 lakh price tag at ...
Getting traffic is one of the main essential jobs for all web professional. What is more, you can't get traffic once and then simply harvest the benefits. Getting traffic is an ongoing mission and you should be continually doing it, if you fancy to receive traffic and keep it. Here are various of the methods to pick up traffic for free: 1. Optimize your website for search engines Search engines have constantly been a major system to get traffic for free of charge. That is why you ought to do your homework and optimize your website so that ...
[caption id="attachment_99" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Paris Hilton Supermaxte"][/caption] Trying her good luck in a new endeavor, Paris Hilton presented her Supermatxe Motorcycle Team in Madrid, Spain on Saturday, December 18. Appearing attractive and sexy wearing a close fitting racing outfit, the hotel heiress partook in a press meeting at Hotel ME to announce plans for her team to compete in the 2011 125cc MotoGP World Championship season. Signing a five-year-deal in which she'll be present at multiple races throughout each season, the 29-year-old is said to be presently on the lookout for standout cyclists for the Queroseno Racing squad. Tweeting about the event, Miss Hilton ...
[caption id="attachment_96" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nissan Leaf"][/caption] WASHINGTON – The Nissan Leaf, an electric car aimed at attracting environmentally conscious motorists, will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, based on government testing. Nissan Motor Corp. said Monday the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel efficiency window sticker, which provides information about the car's energy use, would estimate the electric car will achieve the equivalent of 106 mpg in city driving and 92 mpg on the highway. EPA's tests estimate the Leaf can travel 73 miles on a fully charged battery and will cost $561 a year in electricity. ...
Want to repair or clean your mobile phone? Want to repair a cracked display? Being a regular companion, our mobile is prone toward damages. It's not tough to by chance plunge your cellular phone on stairs, or from a bench, or spill water on it. Then starts the nightmare of taking it to the company's workshop. However, do you recognize if the damage is not much, there are a number of simple ways through which you can repair your cell phone completely on your own. Taking your cell cellular phone to the repair man could be pricey. Here is a list ...
The first cord blood transplant was performed in 1988. Since then, more than 8,000 transplants have occurred.Families know that there is only one opportunity - at birth - to collect these genetically unique stem cells and if not taken, the cord blood is simply discarded. The opportunity for expectant families to collect and store their newborn's umbilical cord blood stem cells has only been widely available since late 1995.Currently, thousands of parents are taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Cord blood stem cells are showing significant potential to treat conditions that have no cure today - like juvenile diabetes and ...
Another recall from Toyota, who became world's top autoseller in 2008. Japanese automaker Toyota said on Friday, 16th April 2010 it will recall 870,000 Sienna minivans in the United States and Canada because of corrosion problems. The recall affects 1998 through 2010 Sienna minivans which Toyota said could experience corrosion in the spare tire carrier cable if they have been operated in cold climates with high road salt use. The announcement came a day after the world's biggest automaker said it would suspend production and worldwide sales of its Lexus GX 460 and would conduct safety tests on all its ...
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[caption id="attachment_80" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Tata Nano Catches Fire"][/caption] For only US$2,000, the Tata Nano city car is the most affordable production car you can find on the planet. And given its relatively cheap price tag, nobody will ever mistake the Nano for one of the fastest and sturdiest cars out there. These days, the Nano has been on-fire in the news lately, and we mean that literally. After three separate incidents were reported last year of a Nano going up in flames, we now have the fourth case. According to an Indian news report, this Nano inexplicably burst into flames for no apparent ...